Obama and McCain take early lead

Very early, in fact. The first ballots in the road to the nation’s presidential election were counted in Dixville Notch, a New Hampshire town of 75 near the Canadian border.

McCain got four votes in the New Hampshire primary, and Obama pulled seven votes. CNN

Sounds good to me. Let’s stop this election death march now and have the general election Thursday

Good news from the Writers Guild strike

Organizers have canceled the Golden Globes Awards ceremony because of the two-and-a-half-month long strike by writers. Instead of a long, dull show full of preening schmoes getting even more attention and patting themselves on the back, there will be a press conference.